北京大学定量生物学中心

学术报告 

题    目：Reconciling the structure and functioning of ecosystems: a mathematical approach

报告人：王少鹏 研究员 Department of Ecology, College of Urban

时    间：11月27日（周一）13:00-14:00

地    点：北京大学老化学楼东配楼101报告厅

主持人：张磊 研究员

摘 要:

Ecology is the scientific study of interactions among organisms and their environment. The current high rate of species extinction requires an advanced understanding of the cause and consequence of biodiversity loss. In this talk, I will use mathematical models to investigate species diversity and functioning in trophic (e.g. food webs) and/or spatial ecosystems. Our models predict that species extinction at higher trophic levels decreases the capacity of food webs in exploiting abiotic nutrients, and biotic homogenization (i.e. decrease in spatial diversity at large scales) impairs the stability of ecosystems at large scales. These predictions have practical implications for conservation and management in a changing world. 

报告人介绍：

Education

2009–2013 Peking University, Beijing, China

Ph.D.in Ecology (January 2013), Department of Ecology

2010 –2011 Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA

Visitingstudent, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

2007 –2009 Peking University, Beijing, China

Master studiesin Statistics, School of Mathematical Sciences

2003 –2007 Peking University, Beijing, China

B.A. in Statistics (July 2007), School of Mathematical Sciences

Academic positions

2017.10 –present Assistant professor, Peking University,China

2015.10 –2017.10 Postdoctoral researcher, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

2013.4–2015.9 Postdoctoral researcher,Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique(CNRS), France

Awards and Honors

2013 Outstanding Graduate, Peking University, Beijing, China 

2013 Excellent Doctoral Dissertation, Peking University, Beijing, China 

2010 National Government Study Abroad Scholarship, China Scholarship Council, China 

2009 – 2012 President’s Scholarship, Peking University, Beijing, China 

Research Interest

§ Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, stabilityand services

§ Ecological networks (e.g. food webs)

§ Ecological statistics

§ Metapopulation, metacommunity, and metaecosystem